CAPE GIRARDEAU MO - A BABYSITTER'S DOG FIRST SAID TO BE A "MIXED BREED DOG" THEN SAID TO BE A "PIT BULL MIX" HAS FATALLY MAULED A 13-MONTH OLD GIRL

UPDATE: CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A baby sitter has been charged after a dog attacked and killed a 13-month-old girl in her care at her southeast Missouri home.

Erica Jordan, of Cape Girardeau, was charged last week with second-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of Loxli Chavez. She’s free on bond. Court records don’t list an attorney to speak on behalf of the 33-year-old and she doesn’t have a listed phone number.

The Southeast Missourian reports that a PIT BULL MIX belonging to Jordan’s brother attacked Loxli March 9. Loxli died at a hospital.

On March 9, 2018, Loxli Willow Chavez went to be with the Lord. Loxli was born on February 4, 2017. Loxli was born premature, weighed 3lbs, 3 oz. She was a warrior and made it out of the NICU and went home with her parents. Loxli was full of life, she was happy, strong and was always full of joy. She is also described as having a beautiful attitude. She would wrinkle up her nose and snort. Just a couple of weeks ago she started taking her first steps.

Today, Loxli's life was cut too short by a tragic accident. The family is devastated and in shock right now if you can imagine. It was all to unexpected.

The funds that are raised will help the family with support through this tragedy. As you can expect, returning back to normal life and routine is going to take some time. The family has limited income to live on and any support you offer will go farther than you can ever imagine.

I set the goal high because that just a fraction of the real picture of what they will need to be able to take care of the accommodations they are responsible for. In addition, they are going to need support in their healing, grieving the loss of their child, and being able to take the time they need to recover and start over.

The father and mother have been through many rough trials. Life has thrown them many curve balls and they continue to do their best to make ends meet. They are going to need our support through this time and financial gifts will ease the stress and concerns they already have.

Cape Girardeau police say a young girl died after being mauled by a dog.

Police spokesman Rick Schmidt says the 13-month-old girl was at her babysitter's home when the MIXED BREED DOG attacked Friday. The dog was a family pet weighing about 40 pounds.

Schmidt says investigators have not determined why the dog attacked.

Another juvenile was in the home but was not injured.

The dog was taken to a shelter to be euthanized.

Cape Girardeau County prosecutors will determine if any charges will be filed.

_____________________________________________________________

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department said they were called to a dog-bite incident involving the death of an infant on Friday, March 9. At 2:12 p.m., officers said they were dispatched to North Hanover in reference to a reported animal bite.

When they arrived, officers discovered that a 13-month-old female had been bitten/attacked by a dog that lived in that residence.

The infant was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The dog was impounded and transported to a shelter awaiting disposition to be euthanized as is protocol.

This case is still under investigation.

_______________________

A 13-month-old girl on North Hanover Street in Cape Girardeau died at a local hospital after she was bitten by the family's dog Friday, Cape Girardeau police said.

Police said they were dispatched to the residence at 2:12 p.m. Friday in response to the dog attack.

The child later was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said Monday. The dog was impounded and transported to an animal shelter and is "awaiting disposition to be euthanized," according to a news release.

1) 1-9 - LAURA WILLIAMS RAY - 50's - BROWNSVILLE QUACHITA PARISH LA - She died from injuries after a pit bull mauled her at the Happy Hounds pet boarding facility where she worked - A FB friend said she was cleaning a kennel around 11pm when the 50 pound pit attacked her - The owner had signed a form for the pit saying it was not aggressive and had never shown aggression - She was the mother of 4 children.2) 1-15 - RYLEE MARIE DODGE - 3 - DUNCAN OK - Officers responded to a call of a child being attacked by a dog inside a home - The pit bull had been given to the child's father by a friend about 5 days previous and was being kept at his mother's house in a fence that went around the front yard - The young father said in a video that he had left the child with his mother to go visit his brother for about 20 minutes when he received a call about the attack - He rushed back home to find his mother laying on the pit bull to try and keep it from continuing to attack his daughter - He said that the child opened the door and the pit bull rushed in and began the attack and that there was blood all through the house - His mother was injured from trying to keep the dog off his daughter.

3) 2-15 - DAVID G. BROWN - 46 - OWENSBORO KY - At least 3 dogs were living at the home - one of the dogs tried to attack responding officers and was shot and killed - Comments on Facebook from witnesses are calling the maulers PIT BULLS - They are saying that 2 of the 3 meat grinders were involved in the attack - Apparently the victims Pits were fighting and they intervened to try and separate them - His wife Dana was injured and he died "from a heart attack due to complications from the injuries of the dog attack".4) 3-7 - UNIDENTIFIED 8-DAY-OLD INFANT GIRL - LEE COUNTY VA - Sheriff Gary Parsons confirmed that about 11:46am Wednesday a large Shepherd type dog mauled an 8-day-old girl in her bassinet and she suffered extensive injuries to her upper body - A family member first drove her to Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap - From there she was taken to Kingsport and then flown to UT Medical Center where she died about 4pm - Another news report said the dog was a "Mixed Breed - Then the final word came that the animal that killed the 8-day-old infant in her bassinet was a male 3/1/2 year old WOLF/MALAMUTE MIX. 5) 3-9 - LOXLI WILLOW CHAVEZ - 13 MONTH OLD GIRL - CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI - Babysitter's male Pit Bull Mix said to be around 40 pounds mauled the toddler to death - Cape Girardeau Police Facebook comments are about the only information coming out - Even the gofundme site tells us nothing but the baby's name. Update: the babysitter, Erica Jordan, was charged with second degree involuntary manslaughter. The pit bull mix belonged to her brother.

I agree that this sounds like the work of a pitbull. However, the breed of dog has not been revealed. What has been revealed is that the individual taking care of this child was terribly negligent and belongs in jail. Did anyone care about the welfare of this child?

On the Cape Girardeau Police Dept Facebook page there are a lot of comments. A woman commented that she was a neighbor of the babysitter and she said that the babysitter/owner of the mauler had to fight with the dog to get it off the baby.....That sounds like a pit to me!!! And 40 pounds...Good weight for a skinny, young wiggle butt. Hopefully we will find out.

If this were my baby, you might as well bury me too. After seeing her sweet face today, I would not be able to continue breathing. After reading her story of being a premature baby, and MAKING IT, only to have her precious life snuffed out by a pit bull, I would never forgive myself.

What I cannot tolerate is, the nutters act like we spread lies and hate about their favorite breed, when actually, we try and spread the truth so that innocent little babies don't lose their lives to worthless pit bulls!

In my opinion, spreading the word about the evils that pit bulls do, is far more important than spreading lies about nanny dogs. One of the very first comments I read on the Cape Girardeau police facebook was some nutter saying that pit bulls were originally nanny dogs. That is what helps get little babies killed! To say something like that on a post about a baby getting killed is heartless.

It is entirely possible that the pit bull was 40 pounds. I've seen them that small myself. When a dog is all jaw and the rest muscle, it is a pretty scary combination.

The nutters know it was a pit bull as well. That is why they are flooding the comments with the usual bullshit.

There's more to this pit bull mix mauling death !!! I read the gofundme story and now I know the baby's name, birth date, weigh at birth, and death date and a few details about her personality. It was very carefully written to give absolutely no details about the cause of her death. This was no "UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT". Unless you are living out in the boonies under a bunch of rocks YOU KNOW WHAT CERTAIN DOGS CAN DO TO A BABY!!! MANY FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BABY'S DEATH!!! YOU HAVE TO BE A TOTAL AIR HEAD TO NOT GET IT. ARE THE PARENTS, ALL THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE BABYSITTER, HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND VETS AND RESCUES ALL AIR HEADS? IS THERE NOTHING BETWEEN YOUR 2 EARS BUT AIR?

One More Thing .... The "Owner" told police it weighed 40 pounds....The "Owner" told police that it was a Lab, Malamute, Pit Mix....Never believe anything a Nutter says! We need to see a picture of that Pit.

THE CODE OF ALABAMA - 1975

Title: 6 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 6-5-120

Defined.

A "nuisance" is anything that works hurt, inconvenience or damage to another. The fact that the act done may otherwise be lawful does not keep it from being a nuisance. The inconvenience complained of must not be fanciful or such as would affect only one of a fastidious taste, but it should be such as would affect an ordinary reasonable man.

(Code 1907, §5193; Code 1923, §9271; Code 1940, T. 7, §1081

Section 6-5-121

_____________________

Distinction between public and private nuisances; right of action generally.

Nuisances are either public or private. A public nuisance is one which damages all persons who come within the sphere of its operation, though it may vary in its effects on individuals. A private nuisance is one limited in its injurious effects to one or a few individuals. Generally, a public nuisance gives no right of action to any individual, but must be abated by a process instituted in the name of the state. A private nuisance gives a right of action to the person injured.

Use of force in defense of a person.

(a) A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person pursuant to subdivision (4), if the person reasonably believes that another person is:

(1) Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force.

(2) Using or about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such dwelling.

(3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any degree, forcible rape, or forcible sodomy.

(4) In the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or has unlawfully and forcefully entered, a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle, or federally licensed nuclear power facility, or is in the process of sabotaging or attempting to sabotage a federally licensed nuclear power facility, or is attempting to remove, or has forcefully removed, a person against his or her will from any dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle when the person has a legal right to be there, and provided that the person using the deadly physical force knows or has reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act is occurring. The legal presumption that a person using deadly physical force is justified to do so pursuant to this subdivision does not apply if:

a. The person against whom the defensive force is used has the right to be in or is a lawful resident of the dwelling, residence, or vehicle, such as an owner or lessee, and there is not an injunction for protection from domestic violence or a written pretrial supervision order of no contact against that person;

b. The person sought to be removed is a child or grandchild, or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship of, the person against whom the defensive force is used;

c. The person who uses defensive force is engaged in an unlawful activity or is using the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle to further an unlawful activity; or

d. The person against whom the defensive force is used is a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his or her official duties.

(b) A person who is justified under subsection (a) in using physical force, including deadly physical force, and who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and is in any place where he or she has the right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a person is not justified in using physical force if:

(1) With intent to cause physical injury or death to another person, he or she provoked the use of unlawful physical force by such other person.

(2) He or she was the initial aggressor, except that his or her use of physical force upon another person under the circumstances is justifiable if he or she withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his or her intent to do so, but the latter person nevertheless continues or threatens the use of unlawful physical force.

(3) The physical force involved was the product of a combat by agreement not specifically authorized by law.

(d) A person who uses force, including deadly physical force, as justified and permitted in this section is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the force was determined to be unlawful.

(e) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force described in subsection (a), but the agency may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force used was unlawful.